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31673Sports Reference Logo8/9: FootballPerspective.com- Is Antonio Brown Already The Best Steelers Wide Receiver Ever?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-antonio-brown-already-the-best-steelers-wide-receiver-ever/
Is Antonio Brown already the best wide receiver in Steelers history? That depends on how you define &#8220;best&#8221;, of course. But from at least one statistical standpoint, Brown already stands out as the most dominant. One of my favorite simple methods to measure dominance is to measure receivi2016-08-09 08:35:466/22: FootballPerspective.com- Career Receiving Yards Leaders (Above Junk Levels)http://www.footballperspective.com/career-receiving-yards-leaders-above-junk-levels/
On Sunday, I explained one methodology to modify receiving yards in a way to give more value to top receivers while devaluing junk games. You can read that explanation here, and see the Justin Blackmon example. Jerry Rice, of course, will rank as the top receiver by this or any other methodology, es2016-06-22 09:35:476/11: FootballPerspective.com- Charlie Joiner, Receiving Yards, and Gray Inkhttp://www.footballperspective.com/charlie-joiner-receiving-yards-and-gray-ink/
In Brad Oremland&#8217;s latest post on wide receivers &#8212; and you should really be following the whole series &#8212; we got into a bit of a debate on Charlie Joiner in the comments. I&#8217;m not ready to provide my full analysis, but I thought I would start with presenting some data. And the 2016-06-11 13:36:461/26: The Jet Press- NY Jets: Inside a Testaverde Spinal Cord Fundraiserhttp://thejetpress.com/2016/01/26/ny-jets-inside-testaverde-fundraiser/
Former legends of the NY Jets got together to help raise money for The Testaverde Spinal Cord Foundation in honor of Dan Farkas. Right before we were all inside weathering the latest storm of the century to hit the East coast, let me tell you about an event I was fortunate enough to be a part of th.2016-01-26 18:37:211/4: The Jet Press- NY Jets: 30 greatest draft picks in team historyhttp://thejetpress.com/2016/01/03/ny-jets-30-greatest-draft-picks/
The NY Jets have given their fans plenty of reasons to boo on draft day. But here are 30 instances where the Jets made the most with their time on the clock. Hope springs eternal in the NFL. Every year, fans of struggling teams take solace in the upcoming draft. After all, a few great draft pi...2016-01-04 12:37:241/3: The Jet Press- NY Jets: 30 greatest draft picks in team historyhttp://thejetpress.com/?p=68002
The NY Jets have given their fans plenty of reasons to boo on draft day. But here are 30 instances where the Jets made the most with their time on the clock. Hope springs eternal in the NFL. Every year, fans of struggling teams take solace in the upcoming draft. After all, a few great draft pi...2016-01-03 06:37:0011/8: FootballPerspective.com- Antonio Brown, DeAngelo Williams, Set Duo Yards From Scrimmage Recordhttp://www.footballperspective.com/antonio-brown-deangelo-williams-set-duo-yards-from-scrimmage-record/
Antonio Brown caught caught 17 passes (on 23 targets) for an incredible 284 yards today against the Raiders. He also had two carries for 22 yards. But while 306 yards from scrimmage is insane, Brown wasn&#8217;t a one-man show: DeAngelo Williams rushed 27 times for 170 yards and two touchdowns, whil2015-11-08 22:35:537/18: FootballPerspective.com- Most Dominant Fantasy Players Since 1950: Tight Endshttp://www.footballperspective.com/most-dominant-fantasy-players-since-1950-tight-ends/
Over the last three days, we&#8217;ve looked at the most dominant fantasy quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers. Today, we look at tight ends, using the methodology described over the three previous days. I am using the following scoring system throughout this series: 1 point per 20 yards 2015-07-18 00:37:557/13: The Jet Press- New York Jets: Top 10 Wide Receivers Of All-Timehttp://thejetpress.com/2015/07/11/new-york-jets-top-10-wr/
The New York Jets were one of the main reasons the NFL-AFL merger happened back over 40 years ago. The Jets are a historic franchise, there&#039;s been a lot of greats to pass through over the years. Specifically at the wide receiver position, the Jets have been fortunate over the years to have s...2015-07-13 10:39:507/11: The Jet Press- New York Jets: Top 10 Wide Receivers Of All-Timehttp://thejetpress.com/?p=58469
The New York Jets were one of the main reasons the NFL-AFL merger happened back over 40 years ago. The Jets are a historic franchise, there&#039;s been a lot of greats to pass through over the years. Specifically at the wide receiver position, the Jets have been fortunate over the years to have s...2015-07-11 10:39:395/28: The Jet Press- New York Jets Throw Back Thursday: Rich Casterhttp://thejetpress.com/?p=56952
One of my favorite pieces to write here on the New York Jets has always been the weekly &#34;Throw Back Thursday.&#34; I enjoy stepping back into my younger days and plucking out a favorite player to write about. Today, that player is Rich Caster. For the older fans here, I hope you enjoy the trip..2015-05-28 13:37:524/2: The Jet Press- The Top Three New York Jets Tight Ends of All Timehttp://thejetpress.com/2015/04/02/the-top-three-new-york-jets-tight-ends-of-all-time/
Let&#039;s continue electing our New York Jets All-Time roster, voted by you, the J-E-T Press readers. Over the last several days, we have been voting on the best Jets players ever at each position. So far we have looked at the quarterback position, as well as the running backs and wide recei...2015-04-02 05:37:457/27: FootballPerspective.com- James Lofton is the Yards Per Catch Kinghttp://www.footballperspective.com/james-lofton-is-the-yards-per-catch-king/
Yesterday, we looked at which quarterbacks were the best at yards per completion after adjusting for league average. Today, we&#8217;ll do the same thing for wide receivers and yards per completion. A small tweak is necessary to the formula. You can skip down to the results section if you don&#8217;2014-07-27 00:35:507/22: FootballPerspective.com- The Top Quarterbacks And The Receivers They Threw It Tohttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-top-quarterbacks-and-the-receivers-they-threw-it-to/
Last week, I looked at the top receivers and the quarterbacks who threw it to them. Today, we flip that question around and look at which receivers the top quarterbacks threw to. I used the exact same methodology from the previous post, so please read that for the fine details. For Peyton Manning, 22014-07-22 00:35:464/27: FootballPerspective.com- Turnover Among Targets, Part IIhttp://www.footballperspective.com/turnover-among-targets-part-ii/
Yesterday, I looked at team turnover in the passing game for every team in 2013. You can review the pretty complicated1 formula in that post, but the short version is to give each player credit for the lower of two values: his percentage of team receiving yards in Year N and his percentage of team [2014-04-27 00:36:013/16: FootballPerspective.com- Homer Jones Is the Leader in Average Length of Receiving Touchdownhttp://www.footballperspective.com/homer-jones-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-receiving-touchdown/
In November, I noted that Chris Johnson was the career leader in average length of rushing touchdown. Since then, he&#8217;s actually dropped to number two, as his six rushing touchdowns covered &#8220;only&#8221; 84 yards in November and December. But what about the career leader in average length 2014-03-16 00:35:481/13: FootballPerspective.com- Marvin Harrison Should Be A First-Ballot Hall of Famerhttp://www.footballperspective.com/marvin-harrison-should-be-a-first-ballot-hall-of-famer/
In a couple of weeks, the newest class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be announced. Only five modern-era wide receivers have been selected enshrinement on their first ballot: Jerry Rice, Paul Warfield, Steve Largent, Raymond Berry, and Lance Alworth. This year, in his first year of eligibilit2014-01-13 23:36:1611/10: FootballPerspective.com- Tavon Austin&#8217;s Record Setting Dayhttp://www.footballperspective.com/tavon-austins-record-setting-day/
The Tavon Austin breakout game is here. First, the #8 pick in the 2013 draft returned a punt off a bounce 98 yards for a second quarter touchdown. A few minutes later, Kellen Clemens hit him for a 57-yard touchdown pass. With St. Louis up 28-0 in the third quarter, Austin caught an 81-yard touchdown2013-11-10 15:36:1510/29: FootballPerspective.com- Was Calvin Johnson&#8217;s 329-yard Game The Best Ever By a WR?http://www.footballperspective.com/was-calvin-johnsons-329-yard-game-the-best-ever-by-a-wr/
On Sunday, Calvin Johnson picked up 329 receiving yards against the Cowboys, the second most receiving yards in a single game after Flipper Anderson&#8217;s 336 yards in 1989 against the Saints. But when I think of the greatest games by a receiver of all time, my mind instantly goes to a performance2013-10-29 00:36:149/24: FootballPerspective.com- Receiving WOWY Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/receiving-wowy-extended-back-to-1950/
Last week, we announced that our True Receiving Yards metric has now been calculated back to 1950, so it&#8217;s only **** that we also compute WOWY (With Or Without You) for all of those receivers as well. Skip the paragraph after this if you don&#8217;t care about the gory mathematical details,2013-09-24 01:36:059/19: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards (v2.0) Extended Back to 1950http://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-v2-0-extended-back-to-1950/
About a month ago, Chase &#038; I developed a stat called True Receiving Yards, which seeks to put all modern &#038; historical receiving seasons on equal footing by adjusting for the league&#8217;s passing YPG environment &#038; schedule length, plus the amount the player&#8217;s team passed (it&#82013-09-19 00:36:298/28: FootballPerspective.com- Ben Roethlisberger and Receiving-Corps Qualityhttp://www.footballperspective.com/ben-roethlisberger-and-receiving-corps-quality/
While the state of the Steelers&#8217; receiving corps isn&#8217;t as shaky as say, that of the New England Patriots, it could certainly be called an area of potential concern for Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh offense going into 2013. One of the biggest moves on the first day of free agency 2013-08-28 00:35:488/21: FootballPerspective.com- The Best Skill Position Groups Everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-skill-position-groups-ever/
The Atlanta Falcons have a pretty good group of skill position players. Tony Gonzalez has a comfortable lead on Jerry Rice&#8217;s career receptions pace; Gonzalez will one day become the first tight end inducted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Steven Jackson is a borderline Hall of Famer2013-08-21 00:36:098/19: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards, Version 2.0 &#8211; Career Rankingshttp://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-version-2-0-career-rankings/
On Thursday, Neil and I introduced you to the concept of True Receiving Yards. That&#8217;s required background reading, but in a nutshell, True Receiving Yards is designed to place all receivers since 1970 into the same environment. It starts with receiving yards, but gives a bonus for receptions a2013-08-19 00:36:218/17: FootballPerspective.com- Did Bill Belichick Invent the Two Tight End Offense?http://www.footballperspective.com/did-bill-belichick-invent-the-two-tight-end-offense/
Here&#8217;s the short answer: No. The Cincinnati Bengals appear to be moving to a two-tight end offense in 2013, with first round pick Tyler Eifert joining former first rounder Jermaine Gresham. Since Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez began dominating the league, the two-tight end offense has beco2013-08-17 00:35:598/15: FootballPerspective.com- True Receiving Yards, Part Ihttp://www.footballperspective.com/true-receiving-yards-part-i/
As you guys know, Neil Paine is the man. Here&#8217;s the latest reason: he came up with a metric called True Receiving Yards, the latest in a long line of thoughts in our Wide Receiver Project. So, what are True Receiving Yards? We start with Adjusted Catch Yards, defined as 5 * Receptions + Receiv2013-08-15 00:36:026/28: FootballPerspective.com- Another way to examine the best wide receiver seasons everhttp://www.footballperspective.com/another-way-to-examine-the-best-wide-receiver-seasons-ever/
We don&#8217;t rank quarterbacks by passing yards because &#8220;passing yards&#8221; is largely a function of pass attempts. The same is true for receiving yards, as the number of times a team passes the ball has a big impact on a receiver&#8217;s yardage total. I&#8217;ve spent some time this year2013-06-28 00:37:326/26: FootballPerspective.com- Vernon Davis as Art Monkhttp://www.footballperspective.com/vernon-davis-as-art-monk/
After the voters did not select Shannon Sharpe as part of the 2009 Hall of Fame Class, I wrote this post comparing Sharpe to Art Monk. While many viewed Sharpe as a receiver playing tight end, I noted that the Redskins used Monk not just as a wide receiver, but as an H-Back and as [...]2013-06-26 00:36:085/25: FootballPerspective.com- Ranking wide receivers by percentage of team yardshttp://www.footballperspective.com/ranking-wide-receivers-by-percentage-of-team-yards/
Seven years ago, Doug wrote this post analyzing wide receivers by team receiving yards. That post was overdue for an update for three reasons: (1) it was written seven years ago; (2) Doug only went back to 1978, while we now can go back to 1932; and (3) I think using Adjusted Catch Yards (which [...2013-05-25 00:35:503/22: FootballPerspective.com- Playing with the most coaches on one teamhttp://www.footballperspective.com/playing-with-the-most-coaches-on-one-team/
During the season, Mike Tanier noted that Shane Lechler has played for eight different coaches while being a member of the Raiders. When I read it, I thought that sounded like the start of a really good trivia question, and I put figuring out the answer to that question on my offseason to-do list. S2013-03-22 00:35:533/9: FootballPerspective.com- Is Ray Lewis the Best Player to Retire after winning the Super Bowl?http://www.footballperspective.com/is-ray-lewis-the-best-player-to-retire-after-winning-the-super-bowl/
Today&#8217;s title gives a pretty good hint as to what today&#8217;s post is about. The table below shows the career Approximate Value for the top 50 players whose last game happened to be a Super Bowl victory. For reference, I&#8217;ve also includes things like number of games, Pro Bowls, 1st-team2013-03-09 23:35:483/5: FootballPerspective.com- Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environmenthttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-receiving-numbers-translated-to-the-2012-passing-environment/
I&#8217;ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks ago. Grading wide receivers requires one to adjust for era, but there are many different ways to do that. Calvin Johnson caught 122 passes last year for 1,964 yards and five2013-03-05 23:35:491/5: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-career-receiving-stats-in-wins-and-losses/
Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will check out the splits for receivers. I looked at all games, including playoffs, from 1960 to 2011, for all players with at least 4,000 receiving yards over that time period2013-01-05 23:35:34